SOC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Control Theory, Labeling Theory, Symbolic Interactionism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2700
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Lecture 6: labelling theory & social control theory. Society is given life and meaning through interactions of individuals, people need to interact with each other and give meaning to things. Interpretations of social situations and behavioural negotiations with others. Sense of self: derived from how we believe others see us. Signi cant others: intimate, personal (parents, siblings, best friend) Generalized others: other members of society that hold speci c values about individuals behaviour; individuals react to these assumptions when socially interacting. Looking glass self: seeing ourselves as others see us. Signi cant and generalized others attitudes towards us and reactions towards us hold up the. Deviance is in the eye of the beholder. Primary deviance: no societal reaction; opportunities not affected; relationships not affected; self/roles not affected. Self ful lling prophecy: when people see you as something and you begin to see yourself in the same way. *by labelling others as deviant, we create deviants.